An additional 13,170 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 282,065. This is the highest daily doses administered to date.
The 13,170 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following regions: Far North West (223), Far North Central (1), Far North East (78), North West (811), North Central (397), North East (591), Saskatoon (2,072), Central West (692), Central East (1,427), Regina (3,085), South West (725), South Central (1,020) and South East (1,621).
There were 427 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Fifty per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 50+ have received their first dose.
All vaccine administration details for the province, including first and second doses, can be found on the dashboard at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness. As the source database for vaccine information, Panorama is subject to continuous data updates which may result in revised counts, day over day.
There are 321 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 11, bringing the provincial total to 36,305 cases. Three (3) cases were found to be out-of-province residents and were removed from Saskatoon (2) and South East (1) zones. Four (4) cases that were previously not reported were added to Saskatoon (2) and South East (2) zones.
There was one new death in the 60 to 69 range in the Central East zone.
Thirty-six new cases are in the South East region, including seven in Estevan’s South East Zone 4. There are 77 active cases in South East Zone 4, which is the highest total to date.
There are 11 new cases in South East Zone 3, which includes Weyburn, two in South East Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4; and 16 in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (6), Far North East (2), North West (21), North Central (8), North East (6), Saskatoon (78), Central West (4), Central East (12), Regina (120), South West (3) and South Central (17) zones.
Eight new cases have pending residence information.
Three cases with pending residence information have been assigned to Far North West (1) and North West (2) zones.
Another 198 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 33,347. Five of the recoveries are from South East Zone 4, and 28 are from the South East region.
A total of 2,504 cases are considered active, including 302 from the South East.
One hundred and ninety-nine (199) people are in hospital. One hundred and fifty-three (153) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), Far North East (1), North West (4), North Central (3), North East (2), Saskatoon (43), Central East (12), Regina (78), South West (1) and South East (7). The number of people in hospital is up one from April 10.
Forty-six people are in intensive care: North Central (5), Saskatoon (9), Central East (3), Regina (25), South West (1) and South Central (3).
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 249 (20.3 new cases per 100,000). A chart comparing today's average to data collected over the past several months is available on the Government of Saskatchewan website at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.
There were 3,601 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 10, including 416 in the South East.
To date, 704,555 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of April 9, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 590,539 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 759,783 tests performed per million population.
As of April 11, 3,271 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North West (7), Far North East (1), North West (9), North Central (39), North East (3), Saskatoon (171), Central West (12), Central East (82), Regina (2,271), South West (28), South Central (286) and South East (310) zones. There are 52 cases with residence pending.